Vegetarians/Vegans/Raw Foodists?

I am a vegan and find it very easy but you have to do a lot of research to make it easier for yourself. Daiya brand soy cheese is the closest I've found to real cheese. A lot of vegan/vegetarian restaurants use it as well as a lot of manufactures of vegan foods. It is wonderful! The Internet has so much information and I love to listen to vegans on YouTube as well. I read books and magazines and find the more information I have the more motivated I get. I started just wanting to be a vegetarian for the animals. Then as I found out more about what happens during "factory farming" the more I decided I wanted to go vegan (Google "factory farming" and you too will understand). I knew it would benefit me as well and took that as a bonus. I felt better but wasn't losing any weight. Then I read in a magazine about this website called MyFitnessPal....hummmm....I thought I'd check it out since I love apps for my phone and thought it sounded like something interesting and convenient since my smart phone (EVO) is now attached to my right hand permanently now, another addiction but I digress. I have only been a member of MyFitnessPal for about a week but I LOVE IT! I have found that now that I keep track of what I eat the pounds are falling off fast! And MFP makes it so easy especially with the scan capability of scanning UCP codes. I like EASY and I actually find it fun. I think it will keep me more motivated to exercise more to because it shows you how much more you WILL lose if you keep up what you are doing. I would love to see any vegan tips and recipes that any of you would like to share. I personally love to start my day with a smoothie and always add hulled hemp seed and ground flax seed in everyone. Let us vegans and vegetarians motivate each other and share our findings! HAPPY FITNESS to you and you will thank yourself for what you are doing for YOU and what you're NOT doing to the animals! Peace to you! BTW please forgive my grammer I'm a numbers girl...another reason I love MFP I guess. lol :happy: Add me too, please!

Been a vegetarian since I was 10 (I'm 26 now), and I've recently converted to veganism over this past year. Feel free to add me if you like!

veg, here, too! Add me with "veg" in message! I tried adding a bunch of you but then I maxed out and have to wait 10 mins!

Im a vegetarian who is slowly transitioning to a vegan:)

bumping for a friend...

Vegetarian here! I'm working on moving toward a vegan lifestyle slowly. The goal is to fully transition by the end of the year, using up the last of my non-vegan products and replacing them with vegan alternatives that my boyfriend and I can both agree on.

I've been eating vegetarian for almost a year. Unfortunately I got in the habit of too much cheese, eggs, and processed vegan foods. I am currently following the Eat To Live plan which is vegan. So far, so good. I'm losing weight again and feel great!

"Most experts agree that meat eating was essential for the evolution of larger brain size. Keep in mind, that "meat" includes insects, small animals, fish and seafood, as well as larger game.
With the easy availability of food in modern times, meat eating is not essential. But when we were relying on what we could hunt and gather in our immediate environment, meat provided essential energy. There wasn't an unlimited supply of nuts and berries."

I'm a vegetarian. I've been as such for about 12 years, two of it was spent vegan. I would say I would be much larger if I was eating meat, and at least has kept me away from the horror of fast food.

I am a mostly Raw vegan. I say mostly because during colder months i do heat up some of my food. My diet is pretty simple... i dont really have alot of recipe's as i enjoy my foods more in their natural state. to add interst i tend to just try combinations of things together.